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9 unusual facts about SoHo


Domenico Corri

Around 1790 Corri moved to London and began publishing vocal music in Soho.

Environmental Measurements Laboratory

The NUSTL is located at the Federal Office Building at 201 Varick Street in SoHo, Manhattan, New York.

Harvey Quaytman

In 1963 the family moved to Soho, New York City, but two years later the parents divorced, and Susan married Harvey's close friend, sculptor David von Schlegell.

Johnsontown, Berkeley County, West Virginia

The town was originally named Soho by settlers after Soho in London's West End.

Kenneth Abendana Spencer

He became an habitué and favourite of the basement clubs and jazz bars of Soho.

Ralph Wickiser

In 1976 and 1978, he exhibited his work at Lotus Gallery, Soho, NY, one of Soho's first galleries.

Richard Tangye

This resulted in the 1862 purchase and demolition of Soho-located Smethwick Hall, on the site of which was built the Cornwall Works.

Soho Society

The Soho Society is a community association for the London district of Soho.

Story of a Broken Boy

The video was shot on the roof of a building far above the streets of Soho.


Albert Dimes

In July 1941 Dimes was convicted with Joseph Collette of attacking Edward Fletcher at a Soho Club in Wardour Street.

Are You Ready for Love?

The film was shot entirely on location in London over 5 weeks and encompassed some of London’s most celebrated landmarks, and shooting location included the streets of Soho, Central Hall in Westminster, Hampstead Heath, Streatham ice rink and the South Bank.

Arturo Tappin

His dynamic live performances and his reputation for putting on explosive shows led him to perform at the Edinburgh Festival, Soho Jazz Festival, Miami AT&T Caribbean Jazz Festival, St. Lucia, Antigua, Curaçao, St. Kitts, St.Vincent, Grenada and Barbados Jazz Festivals, Arturo continued his live performance schedule at Bob Marley's Birthday Bash, James Bond Film Festival in Jamaica, and Trinidad's Independence Day celebration in Miami.

Babak and Friends

Babak and Friends - A First Norooz first screened in the Soho Apple Store Theatre and subsequently in other Apple stores and various museums such as Asia Society and The British Museum.

Bill Timoney

In April 2010, Timoney made his off-Broadway theater debut at the Soho Playhouse as a standby for the actor Dan Butler in the role of Joseph Flaherty in The Irish Curse, dramatized by Martin Casella.

Changning District

Renren Inc. has its Shanghai office in the SOHO Zhong Shan Square (S: SOHO中山广场, T: SOHO中山廣場, P: SOHO Zhōngshān Guǎngchǎng) in Changning District.

Dasha Libin

In addition to teaching, Dasha's is a brand ambassador for Lululemon Athletica in the New York City SoHo region.

Dominique Ansel

In November, 2013, Dominique Ansel Bakery collaborated on The Cronut™ Mission with celebrities such as Heidi Klum, Joan Rivers and the cast of several Broadway shows to raise money for God’s Love We Deliver, a soup kitchen located near the bakery in SoHo.

Frédéric Fekkai

Fekkai currently operates seven salons in the United States in key markets—three in New York City, in SoHo, the Upper East Side and Fifth Avenue as well as Los Angeles, Dallas, Greenwich, and Palm Beach—and services approximately 1,500 clients per day.

Harvey Brooks

After buying a loft in what was to become Soho He got a call from Vice president of Columbia records Jack Gold offering him a job as staff producer at Columbia Records and connected there with fellow producer Teo Macero who led him to Miles Davis.

Henry Diltz

Diltz is co-founder of the "Morrison Hotel" Galleries along with Peter Blachley and Rich Horowitz in SoHo and the Bowery in New York City and in La Jolla, California.

Hoxton Gang

The Hoxton Mob was an independent street gang based in London's Soho district during the interwar years.

Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary

In March 2012 they wrote a new song for A Song Cycle for Soho at Soho Theatre, starring Claire Moore, Michael Cantwell, Niamh Perry and James Gillan.

James Belcher

Belcher died on 30 July 1811 at the Coach and Horses, Frith Street, Soho, a property which he left to his widow ; he was interred in the Marylebone burial ground.

James Catnach

Very shortly after, they were evicted and moved firstly to a small shop in Wardour Street, Soho (while living in Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square), followed by another move to Gerard Street, where, after falling down stairs on 29 August 1813, John Catnach was taken to St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, where he died on 4 December 1813.

Jeffrey Bernard

Even while at school, Bernard had begun to explore Soho and Fitzrovia with his brother Bruce.

Michael Shvo

Shvo's announced in early 2014 the acquisition of 8 properties located in SoHo, Manhattan, including parcels located between Varick Street, Broome Street and Watts Street.

MZ Wallace

Based in New York, its stores are located in the Manhattan neighborhoods of SoHo, the West Village, and the Upper East Side and were designed by New York-based German architect, Annabelle Selldorf.

Neil Conti

The club spawned many imitations in the Soho area and became a hotbed of talent and A+R men, launching the careers of Ronnie Jordan, Seal, Keziah Jones, Juliet Roberts and D-Influence among others.

Nicky Siano

In 1971, at the age of 16, he got his first djing gig, with the help of Robin Lord, and in 1972 he opened The Gallery in SoHo, Manhattan with his older brother Joe Siano.

Notes From New York

The week consisted of day long sessions, workshopping various Musical Numbers including Die Vampire Die (Title of Show), Come to Your Senses (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Nothing In Common (Wearing Someone Else's Clothes: Jason Robert Brown), You Shall Go To The Ball (SOHO Cinders) and two pieces devised by Taking Notes' resident MD new British Musical Theatre composer Michael Bruce, entitled A Little Less Ordinary and Looking Back (Ed: The Musical).

Pål Brekke

In 1999 he joined the European Space Agency (ESA) as the SOHO Deputy Project Scientist stationed at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Pears soap

He completed his apprenticeship in 1789, established a barber's shop in Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetic products.

Ralph Wickiser

Later, in 1992, Walter opened his own gallery in Soho, where he showed Ralph's work alongside the work of old friends George McNeil and Stephen Pace.

Red Maps

The New Yorker set lays out detailed block by block shopping guides and restaurants of SoHo, Nolita, Chelsea, Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, Midtown, Brooklyn and Long Island City.

Renren

Renren has its Shanghai office in the SOHO Zhong Shan Square (S: SOHO中山广场, T: SOHO中山廣場, P: SOHO Zhōngshān Guǎngchǎng) in Changning District, Shanghai.

Robert and Cortney Novogratz

One of their most featured works is 5 Centre Market Place, converted from a former gun shop located on the edge of Soho.

Rupa Huq

Huq's father was training to become an actuary for Prudential, however gave it up to start an Indian restaurant in Soho, London.

SAMO

In addition to Henry Flynt, Peter Moore, Martha Cooper, and Glenn O’Brien, are responsible for the few photos we have to document the original SAMO graffiti (the The SoHo News photos have been lost to history).

Slavs and Tatars

Beyonsense, the collective's first solo museum presentation in the U.S., features a black-lit reading room as well as a reconstruction of a little-known Dan Flavin work commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation for a Sufi mosque in New York's SoHo in the early 1980s.

SOHO China

SOHO China's completed projects and projects currently under construction in Beijing include: SOHO New Town, Jianwai SOHO, SOHO Shangdu - designed by Lab Architecture Studio, Chaowai SOHO, Guanghualu SOHO, Guanghualu SOHO II, Beijing SOHO Residences, ZhongGuanCun SOHO, Sanlitun SOHO, Qianmen Avenue, Chaoyangmen SOHO I, Chaoyangmen SOHO II, and Galaxy SOHO (formerly, Chaoyangmen SOHO III).

Soho Road railway station

Soho Road railway station was a railway station in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, England, on the London and North Western Railway's rail link between the Chase Line and the West Coast Main Line.

Susanne Bartsch

Moving to New York City in 1981, she opened a clothing boutique in SoHo that provided early exposure for British designers, including Vivienne Westwood, BodyMap John Galliano, and milliner Stephen Jones.

Takuan Sōhō

Director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri in his popular animated film Ninja Scroll created one of main characters Dakuan as a homage to Takuan Soho.

The GEM Hotel

The brand, which was launched in 2007, currently has three locations: The GEM Hotel Midtown West, The GEM Hotel SoHo and The GEM Hotel Chelsea, which was voted Best New York City Boutique Hotel in 2010 by Citysearch.

The Mercer Hotel

'The Mercer Hotel, located at the corner of Mercer and Prince Street in SoHo, New York City, was the second acquisition in the luxury collection of André Balazs hotels.

Trump SoHo

On November 2, 2011, a lawsuit filed by buyers of ten condos in Trump Soho, including French soccer star Olivier Dacourt, was settled with plaintiffs recovering 90% of their deposits.

Truslove and Hanson

Other notable publications include Henry Ling Roth's, The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo (1896) and Oriental Silverwork (1910); John Henry Cardwell's, Men and Women of Soho: Famous and Infamous (1904); and Joseph Shaylor's The Pleasures of Bookland (1914).

Violent Soho

Violent Soho is an Australian band from the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland, formed in 2004.

Wayne Wilcox

He played recurring character Marty on ten episodes of Gilmore Girls over the fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons after being discovered by Gilmore Girls co-creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino while working as a waiter at Mercer Kitchen in SoHo.

Welton Jones

Jones is on the board of directors of the Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), which is a non-profit devoted to preservation in San Diego.

Wichita Vortex Sutra

In January 2010, the poem was performed on stage by Ira Glass to Philip Glass's live accompaniment at the SoHo Apple store in New York City.


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